FC Koln might not be one of the top teams in the German Bundesliga, but they will always be in the news for their mascot.
The tradition began in 1950, two years after the club’s foundation, when a local circus director gifted the club a goat to bring them good fortune during carnival time.
The goat was subsequently named after their player-manager Hennes Weisweiler and there has always been a Hennes since then.
The first Hennes proved to be a lucky charm and the said billy goats won the league title twice during his time, in 1962 and 1964.
Hennes, is a living billy goat and the symbol of Bundesliga club FC Koln and the superstar is a celebrity in his own right in the North-Rhein Westphalian city.
Hennes’s coat is so fluffy that it keeps him warm throughout the season, and unlike every superstar, this one doesn’t go out much.
Hennes, embodying the identity of the club, has a job for life at the Rhein-Energie Stadion, taking to the field first, and checking the depth (and, admittedly, the lushness) of the grass in his own inimitable way.
The Billy goat is the famous billy goat in the west, and one who lives like a king on the former patch of Prince Podolski.
FC Koln as we stated might not be as big as other clubs, however, Hennes has been a source of massive attraction to the team.
FC Koln started making use of a living Billy after it was gifted the team by a local circus director Carola Williams as far back as 1950, two years after the club was founded.
The goat took the name of the club’s coach Hennes and was taken under the wing of club member Wilhelm Stiepen and then farmer Peter Filz.
Henner the billy goat reportedly did his role as a lucky charm justice, with 1. FC Köln winning two German titles.
FC Koln
The german side was established in 1948 as a merger of the clubs Kölner Ballspiel-Club 1901 and SpVgg Sülz 07.
The team competes in the Bundesliga after promotion in 2018–19 following relegation to 2. Bundesliga the previous season.
The team are three-time national champions, winning the 1962 German football championship, as well as the Bundesliga twice, first in its inaugural season of 1963–64 and then again in 1977–78.
What Does Their Team Logo Mean?
The club’s nickname Die Geibbocke (The Billy Goats) refers to the club’s mascot, a male goat named Hennes after the veteran FC player and later manager Hennes Weisweiler.
The first Hennes was donated by a circus entrepreneur as a Cologne carnival joke.
The current mascot is Hennes IX as of 1 August 2019 after Hennes VIII was retired by the club due to old age.
Another nickname for the club, more common locally due to its ambiguity, is FC (often written as Effzeh), a common German abbreviation for football clubs.
What Is The Slogan Of FC Koln?
FC Koln is a true German football veteran.
The club has developed into a true cult club, with an entire city behind it, with 100,000 club members and followers all over the world – true to the club motto “Just different.”
